Jiangzhou.

Zhao Kuo stood under the city and looked at the city in front of him.

A hanging basket was slowly lowered from the city wall, which made Zhao Kuo breathe a sigh of relief.

Soon, the envoy of Zhao Jun in the hanging basket returned to Zhao Kuo.

This envoy was sent by Zhao Kuo to the city to persuade him to surrender.

In the battle at the exit of Micang Road, 4,000 Zhao warriors under the leadership of Zhao Kuo defeated the unprepared defenders of Qin in one fell swoop, and then pursued all the way to the city of Jiangzhou.

I have to say that this Li Bing Taishou still has some skills to govern the army and win people's hearts, even in such a rout, he still withdrew into Jiangzhou with nearly 10,000 troops.

This made Zhao Kuo, who chased to Jiangzhou, encounter a problem.

From Zhao Kuo's own heart, he definitely wants to take Jiangzhou.

As soon as Jiangzhou was won, the entire Ba County would be in the hands of Zhao Jun, and more importantly, Zhao Kuo could take advantage of this to take the credit for Ba County.

The problem is that after a series of fierce battles, Zhao Kuo now has less than 3,500 soldiers left in his hands, and many of them are still injured.

With such a number, if there was a head-to-head duel in the field, Zhao Kuo felt that there were 20,000 people on the opposite side who could fight by himself, but if he attacked the city, he would not be able to.

After all, Zhao Kuo has no logistics, which means that Zhao Kuo cannot have a large number of earth-shaking thunders as a supply like the main force led by Li Mu, and the small number of grenades he carries with him have already been exhausted in the battle at the exit of Micang Road.

Therefore, even if Zhao Kuo was able to besiege this Qin city with tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians with more than 3,000 troops, he still had no way to take the fortified city in front of him.

So Zhao Kuo sent someone to persuade him to surrender.

When he saw the messenger who persuaded him to appear in front of him, the flame of hope in Zhao Kuo's heart inevitably burned.

People don't die, it seems to be very dramatic.

Zhao Kuo almost couldn't wait to ask: "What is the situation, then did Li Bing agree?" ”

The envoy sighed, shook his head and said, "General, Li Bing didn't agree. And Li Bing also said that the general killed his second son outside the rice cang road, and he and the general did not share the sky. ”

Zhao Kuo paused for a moment, and then remembered the young general who died under his sword in that battle: "It turns out that that kid is Li Bing's son, no wonder...... How, then, did you come back alive? ”

It stands to reason that they are no longer in the same place, so Li Bing should be able to kill a messenger to suppress the shock.

The envoy looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "General, I have a situation to report." ”

Zhao Kuo understood and returned to his tent with the envoy.

"Say it."

The envoy said: "General, then Li Bing really wants to kill me quickly, but the general must not forget, this is Ba County, not his Li Bing's Shu County." ”

Zhao Kuo's eyes rolled, and he suddenly realized something: "So what you mean is ......"

The messenger chuckled and said, "Exactly." The one who said that he saved a certain life was the Taishou Chen Camp of Qin Guoba County in Jiangzhou City. ”

Saying that, the messenger took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhao Kuo's hand: "General, please see, this is the secret letter that Chen Ying, the Taishou of Naba County, sent to the general."

Zhao Kuo snatched the secret letter, opened it in a hurry, and was overjoyed after a while: "God really help me!" ”

Jiangzhou City, Ba County Taishou Mansion.

Qin Guoba County Taishou Chen Ying is an old man who is nearly fifty years old, his temples have begun to turn white, and his waist and back are slightly rickety, but his small triangular eyes are still bright.

Chen Ying is in the main seat, and there are several old people of different ages sitting on the guest seat, these people are basically the patriarchs of the more powerful big families in Ba County and Jiangzhou City, and many of the children of their family are officials in Ba County, and they have a decisive influence on the entire county governance.

I saw Chen Ying say in a deep voice: "Everyone, the current situation is very obvious, Li Bing has been defeated again and again, Zhao Kuo is unstoppable, we should also think about ourselves and our family and seek a new path." ”

Although Chen Ying did not directly say what he meant, everyone present understood what Chen Ying's words alluded to.

In fact, Chen Ying himself is the head of the Chen family of the Bajun clan, and these people present are all old acquaintances, and everyone knows the roots, so he is quite direct when he speaks.

An old man coughed and said, "Zhao Kuo's department is only more than 3,000 people, but there are tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Jiangzhou City, and the county guards are in a hurry to take a stand now, is it a little too early?" ”

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Brother Huang doesn't know, according to the news I heard from Li Bing today, Li Mu, the governor of Zhao State, has broken through the Golden Bull Road and swept through Shu County to encircle Chengdu. ”

"What?" As soon as Chen Ying's voice fell, the faces of the old men present showed surprise.

Due to the war, since Zhao Kuo entered Ba County, the connection between Ba County and Shu County has actually been severed for many days.

Chen Ying looked around at the people present and said in a deep voice, "Don't you understand? Now is not the time to bargain with Zhao with surrender, once the Zhao army breaks through Chengdu City or Zhao Kuo gets reinforcements, then our surrender will have no value at all, don't forget that the Zhao army has such a big killing weapon as the earth-shattering thunder, and it is only a matter of time before Jiangzhou City is broken. ”

There was silence.

After a while, an old man said slowly: "But now that the military power in Jiangzhou is in Li Bing's hands, even if we want to sacrifice the city, how can we do it?" ”

Chen Ying snorted and said in a deep voice: "This king, it is clear that Ba County is under my rule, but he just handed over all the soldiers of Wu Ba County to Li Bing's hands!" Don't talk about these scenes, the current Li Bing's subordinates are all Ba County's disciples, don't you have a few reliable disciples in the army? ”

A few old men, you look at me, I look at you, kept exchanging opinions with their eyes, and finally made up their minds: "Okay, since that's the case, then everything is decided by the county guard!" ”

A smile appeared on Chen Ying's face and said, "This is very good, I have already agreed with Zhao Kuo, and tonight is the time to break the city." There are still a few hours left, so let's go back and get ready. ”

After a pause, Chen Ying said meaningfully: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is now a foregone conclusion that Zhao Guo will sweep Liuhe, but no matter what, if Zhao Guo wants to rule Ba County, it is impossible without our help. So, for the sake of your family's future glory and wealth, please do your best tonight! ”

According to the records of later historians: "In May, the Kuan led the troops from Hanzhong to the south, and Micang Dao defeated Li Bing in a battle and besieged Jiangzhou. In June, Qinba County Shouchen Ying led the crowd to kill Li Bing and sacrifice the city, and Ba County was decided. ”